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Let's hope they capitulate so someone at the club does fng something
Autopsy Swans defeat Dogs (78 v 76)
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I think we need to accept. That whilst we do have stacks of talent on the list. The media, and us fans overate us to much. A grade midfield that runs up the stats, but cannot stop runs of goals vs Cats, Port, Pies, Swans. We lack defensive structure and our ball use going forward is poor. We keep turning it over at crucial points way to often. Or defence made a 40 year old buddy whose main strength these days is calling for a free kick anytime someone breaths near him, look like he was back in his prime.
We lost to a bottom six team, missing a ruck, half their defence, and we could not capitalize at all. Sorry, but that is just really bad.
What is with our fast starts, then letting teams run over us in second or third quarters all the time? I know we talk about coaching. But something is not right in our players heads, to suddenly forget how to play football just like that. We go from looking on song, good movement, dominant midfield display, and a functioning forward line. To all of those things vanishing with the flick of a switch. Maybe we are the softest team in the league mentally.
As of some point in the third quarter, they had like 20 something tackles inside their forward 50, and we had only 8.
Treloar just coughs it up to much lately. Was it him who sprayed that late kick inside 50 directly to a Swans player? Jamarra and Weightman couldn't get into the game. Is Gards even right to be playing? Didn't seem to have the speed to close down his opponent on the lead. Clearly playing with the injury from last weekend. Our handballs keep missing targets, either fall short, or are high loopy things that go over our heads. Kicking or handballing to team mates outnumbered 3-1 or with an opponent already on their ass.
On the bright sides. English had a monster game. Bont and Libba carried us as always. Naughton was the main guy up front today. So glad to have Richards back. Our best rebounder and man on man defender by far. Unfortunately they had little support around them.
We lost to a bottom six team, missing a ruck, half their defence, and we could not capitalize at all. Sorry, but that is just really bad.
What is with our fast starts, then letting teams run over us in second or third quarters all the time? I know we talk about coaching. But something is not right in our players heads, to suddenly forget how to play football just like that. We go from looking on song, good movement, dominant midfield display, and a functioning forward line. To all of those things vanishing with the flick of a switch. Maybe we are the softest team in the league mentally.
As of some point in the third quarter, they had like 20 something tackles inside their forward 50, and we had only 8.
Treloar just coughs it up to much lately. Was it him who sprayed that late kick inside 50 directly to a Swans player? Jamarra and Weightman couldn't get into the game. Is Gards even right to be playing? Didn't seem to have the speed to close down his opponent on the lead. Clearly playing with the injury from last weekend. Our handballs keep missing targets, either fall short, or are high loopy things that go over our heads. Kicking or handballing to team mates outnumbered 3-1 or with an opponent already on their ass.
On the bright sides. English had a monster game. Bont and Libba carried us as always. Naughton was the main guy up front today. So glad to have Richards back. Our best rebounder and man on man defender by far. Unfortunately they had little support around them.
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This.
Why they chose to kick the ball into the corridor and away from goal just beggars belief.
All night we were looking for the perfect at the expense of moving the ball at any sort of pace. It just stifles all of our ball movement.
Contrast this with the Swans who clearly went into the game knowing that they had us for pace through the middle and pushed the ball forward by any means. Ive been banging on about it since about forever. We are just too slow through the middle of the ground and it exposes us every week.
Whilst Im on riding my hobby horse. When Aaron Naughton is the only person in the entire forward line who can be relied upon to bring forward pressure. Then well...see above.
If only you guys had a dominant tall forward who was up and about and on fire tonight, someone like Aaron Naughton, you may have been able to move the ball slightly faster than the treacle slow crap, back and around and sky high out of stoppages.
I mean when you had no Aaron Naughton it was OK, and even if he was playing horribly it may have been OK. But he was on fire and you just allowed the Swans to take him out if the game.
Shiite ball movement and Shiite coaching.
I mean when you had no Aaron Naughton it was OK, and even if he was playing horribly it may have been OK. But he was on fire and you just allowed the Swans to take him out if the game.
Shiite ball movement and Shiite coaching.
Just play the kids
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Nope. Our game style stinks and is terrible to watch.
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This is where playing spuds for the last 3 years hurts. We have no development in the players that should be supporting our top handful of players. And the ones that aren't ready, we either play too many at once or they are in very important positions which reduces our overall impact on the game.
You can hate Papley as much as you like but he does everything our players don't. Gut run forward to create an option on a turn over, goal and move forward first priority rather than handball backwards, goal sense, xfactor and probably others.
You can hate Papley as much as you like but he does everything our players don't. Gut run forward to create an option on a turn over, goal and move forward first priority rather than handball backwards, goal sense, xfactor and probably others.
No no Bev will say some nonsense about how it’s important for his learning to be able to work through it.
Heard of Adam Treloar? He gave them that game
We wont make the top 8. Clean out required.
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This was a winnable game
This should have been a win but again when it matters we s**t the bed.
No excuses don’t blame the umpires injuries and the like eventually you need to grow up as a side and get out of nappies
They have s**t the bed too often when it matters.
Aside from 2021, this teams been shit to watch since 2016
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Easier said than done but we need to develop some onfield leadership and personality. Tonight ain’t happening with your Matt Boyd types.
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We lost to a bottom 6 team, inexcusable for a side supposedly pushing for a top 4 spot. The amount of times the ball was turned over, kicked to the wrong player in the wrong position or butchered paints the picture. The game was there for the taking and we let it slip from our grasp.
I’d love to get Dimma but I just can’t see this clubs admin having the chops to make it happen.
RG16
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Can we get Stuart Dew as a assistant this off-season. Then next June when Bevo gets the arse Dew gets to takeover and see what he can do for a couple months.
Said it before, right now Bevo is 2020 Bucks, two years after a GF loss
Said it before, right now Bevo is 2020 Bucks, two years after a GF loss
There’s some silly rule though where you can sack a coach even under contract and only have to pay them out 6 months.
Like every other loss for the past 5 years, Bont and Libba play like Allah and the Prophet Muhammad and try their hardest to get us over the line, but half of the remaining players are just turnover fumble dropped mark machines.
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